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Crane Safety Alert
With an unprecedented level of tower crane activity on Sydney’s skyline, a crane incident at the Probuild Constructions Discovery Point residential high-rise development has again focused concerns on safety standards. Probuild is the main contractor on a 3 tower 20+...
Opera House asbestos dispute escalates after management blocks push for independent testing and training
Safety concerns over friable asbestos found during a major renovation of the Sydney Opera House have escalated this morning, with work stopping on the project after management walked away from an agreement to have an independent industrial hygienist oversee new...
Union backs Shorten appeal for Turnbull to intervene in Myrtleford lockout
The CFMEU has welcomed Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s plea for PM Turnbull act to save the town of Myrtleford. Workers have been locked out of the Mill by the owner for over 60 days and the workers, the community and local businesses are hurting. CFMEU mill workers...
CFMEU Cash for Sick Kids
CFMEU handed over a cheque for $20,000 following a fundraising appeal for the Centenary Hospital for Women Children on Thursday. “Our workers have dug deep to look after the community” said CFMEU ACT Secretary, Dean Hall, “that’s what we do: your family is our family”...